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50 Years of the Centennial Willa Cather Stamp

… Image 50 Years of the Centennial Willa Cather Stamp The process—and … of Willa Cather’s birth; the goal was to have the first stamps offered for sale in Red Cloud on December 7, … Day of Issue stamps. Ten Red Cloud organizations and almost fifty volunteers from eleven Nebraska towns helped the …
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Guided Seasonal Tour

… Black Hawk Willa Cather’s My Ántonia was among the fifty titles selected by the National Endowment for the Arts … drawn readers into this classic novel for more than 100 years.   As part of our NEA Big Read programming, guests are … W. 3rd Street This is the site where Anna Sadilek Pavelka’s first child was baptized and where Anna was married. This …
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Cather Sesquicentennial

… matching funds provided by the  Willa Cather Foundation’s  Campaign for the Future .  Book clubs and teachers around the country are …
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Visit Red Cloud This Holiday & Winter Season!

… on several guided tours, including our new My Ántonia tour. Visit Red Cloud This Holiday & Winter Season! Explore • … cities in Europe where I used to love to go . . ." -Willa Cather in a letter to Carrie Miner Sherwood While Willa … trip. We offer a variety of guided historic site tours, lodging, and events year round at the National Willa Cather …
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NEA Big Read: My Ántonia

… Image Image NEA Big Read: My Ántonia Programs Offered to Communities and Organizations September 4, 2024 Willa Cather’s My Ántonia was among the fifty titles selected by the …
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Willa Cather Childhood Home Dedication & Ribbon-Cutting

… status as a literary pilgrimage destination for more than fifty years. Just six months after the house reopened on Willa … with a sloping ceiling, like my 'rose-bower' in our old first home. Do you remember?"   —Cather in a 1945 letter to …
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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… a private fundraising effort as part of the Center’s Campaign for the Future , which raised more than $7 million for restoration … Laura Bush served as the Honorary National Chair for the campaign’s public fundraising effort. Mrs. Bush, who also …
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The Potter Family

… Street business district. Later J.Q. and Jacob opened the first grist mill west of Beatrice after they constructed, … War was on now and my father volunteered and spent three years in the service until the close of the war. He was … Orleans; N. F. Potter, Alma; twenty-six grandchildren, fifty great grandchildren.” (By Attorney Jas. S. Gilham) …
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Willa Cather Biography

… increased in the years since. The multi-volume Willa Cather Scholarly Edition (thirteen volumes of its projected fifteen … her first book, April Twilights and Other Poems . Some,  A Lost Lady  in 1923, parts of  The Professor's House  in 1925, …
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Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway

… as a cultural attraction for the learning and enjoyment of future generations. The restored home will create a more … is a key component of the National Willa Cather Center’s Campaign for the Future , which has raised over $8 million for restoration of …
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